Old Testament
Deuteronomy 27:18
18 ‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Common Good
Equitable Access to Digital Tools
Scripture References
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James 2:1-4
1 My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in,
3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”
4 haven’t you shown partiality amongst yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
Thought for the Day
Deuteronomy speaks a severe word: cursed is the one who misleads the blind on the road. God takes seriously the ease with which power can take advantage of weakness, the ease with which someone can be confused, misdirected, and left in danger.
James brings the same concern into the church. Partiality, he says, is not a small social awkwardness; it is a contradiction of faith in the Lord of glory. When we judge by appearances, we are no longer hearing our neighbour. We are sorting them.
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Digital tools can become a modern road, and access can become a modern stumbling point. Some neighbours are confident and connected; others are tired, overwhelmed, without devices, without skills, without bandwidth, without trust. Equity begins with refusing to shame people for what they do not have. It also asks us to keep a human hand on the door, ready to guide. It begins with noticing who is being left behind by “standard” processes, and asking what love requires of us.
Lord, deliver us from contempt disguised as competence. Teach us to guide rather than mislead, to include rather than sort, and to make room for those who struggle. Make our common life more like your mercy: patient, practical, and attentive.
Prayer Points
Respond- Forgive our impatience with those who need more help, more time, or simpler pathways.
- Give wisdom to institutions building digital services, that the vulnerable are not stranded outside the door.
- Strengthen those who feel ashamed or excluded by technology; give them helpers and hope.
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- Guard us from partiality: from treating the confident as more worthy of attention than the struggling.
- Make your Church a place of patient guidance, where no one is mocked for not knowing.